Manpower: Demand for high-tech workers up 5% in March
Demand for high-tech employees in the first quarter was
28.7% higher than in the first quarter of 2004.
by Michal Raveh
April 11, 2005
Globes
Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology (MIT)
reports that demand for high-tech employees in March 2005 was
5.2% higher than in February. Demand for high-tech employees in
the first quarter of 2005 was 28.7% higher than in the first quarter
of 2004, and 1.6% less in the fourth quarter of 2004. The figures
are based on a survey of help-wanted ads in Israel's leading daily
newspapers. The largest increase in demand between February
and March was for managers (55%), followed by hardware engineers
(24.7%) and software engineers (10.95%). Demand for network
managers and support personnel dropped by 20.4%.
The largest increase between the first quarters of 2004 and 2005
was for hardware engineers (75.9%), followed by network
managers and support personnel (39%) and managers (35.7%).
The only profession with lower demand was team heads and
project managers (down 4.1%).
Demand fell for all groups except two between the fourth quarter
of 2004 and the first quarter of 2005: demand for hardware engineers
rose by 30.1%, and demand for employees from placement
agencies was up 24.5%. Total demand for all groups was
down 1.6%.
MIT CEO Idit Padan said that the increase in demand for high-tech
employees in March signaled a move towards growth, but that
figures for the first quarter showed that growth was slow and
inconsistent.
Published by Globes